I nodded faintly as I tried to ignore the cold, unfamiliar fingers gently intertwining with my missing ones.

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    4 days ago

    See? I couldn’t have come up with one that good on my best day!

    I’d have had to take the idea and at least do a short story. If I’d tried to two sentence the concept, it would have been clunky and ring hollow. But this? This slaps

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      I remember a book I had a few years ago. Its premise was basically horror short stories that’d fit in a tweet each (<=150 chars).

      One that I remember was basically

      The last man on earth sat in a room. He jumped, as someone knocked at the door.

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      3 days ago

      Thanks! I’m definitely going to try to post more. It’s easier with the nice weather too.